Finally, a pic I'm proud of!

[BigNug]

If you have 2 of the same strain you could always experiment on your own and do 1 flush and 1 without. Just make sure to do the dry/cure the same. That would for sure tell you if there was any difference in flavor/harvest/potency

Dunno why i didnt think of that. Awesome idea! All 4 of my plants are Geleto OG so I'll flush one for 2 weeks, flush two for 5 days, and I wont flush one at all. Will be a good way to make my own mind up about it

 

[Buds Buddy]

Haha. Love it. The empty bottle was the deciding factor. Makes sense. You make some good points. I guess it just comes down to making a choice and not giving a fuck about the what ifs.

I might half ass it, and flush for the final 5 or 6 days... maybe a shorter flush period will give me some benefits both ways...

Giving just water the final days is not a Flush. It's feeding the plant plain water. A Flush is when you put 3 x's the amount of water through the pot to get rid of toxicities. There's No Reason to Flush unless you have issues. If you Flush; & you use a 5 gallon pot, you have to run 15 gallons of water through the pot & follow that right away with the correct dose of nutrients.
Anyway, 99% of the time I don't flush at all. I feed till the day of harvest. I usually cut the top 1/2 of the plants off & hang that to dry. About 3 - 5 days later I harvest the rest. It gives the bottom stuff a few extra days to finish up better.

 

[BigNug]

Giving just water the final days is not a Flush. It's feeding the plant plain water. A Flush is when you put 3 x's the amount of water through the pot to get rid of toxicities. There's No Reason to Flush unless you have issues. If you Flush; & you use a 5 gallon pot, you have to run 15 gallons of water through the pot & follow that right away with the correct dose of nutrients.
Anyway, 99% of the time I don't flush at all. I feed till the day of harvest. I usually cut the top 1/2 of the plants off & hang that to dry. About 3 - 5 days later I harvest the rest. It gives the bottom stuff a few extra days to finish up better.

Oh ok, I guess I hadnt thought that through at all. My plants are in 2 layers of scrog... they're also in 10 galon pots. So I can't move them to a bath or outside. Theres no way I can pour 30 gallons × 4 plants in my grow tent. 120 gallons of water! I'd be flooding my downstairs neighbours!

 

[BigNug]

Giving just water the final days is not a Flush. It's feeding the plant plain water. A Flush is when you put 3 x's the amount of water through the pot to get rid of toxicities. There's No Reason to Flush unless you have issues. If you Flush; & you use a 5 gallon pot, you have to run 15 gallons of water through the pot & follow that right away with the correct dose of nutrients.
Anyway, 99% of the time I don't flush at all. I feed till the day of harvest. I usually cut the top 1/2 of the plants off & hang that to dry. About 3 - 5 days later I harvest the rest. It gives the bottom stuff a few extra days to finish up better.

I like the idea of a double harvest. I mean why wouldnt you do that. Makes perfect sense to me. I cant harvest whole plants anyway, due to the scrog nets, so I will definately try your method.

 

[Buds Buddy]

A Gorilla Cookies I harvested 2 weeks ago.

A White Widow I have drying now.

 

[BigNug]

A Gorilla Cookies I harvested 2 weeks ago.

A White Widow I have drying now.

Dayum! That last photo... that's just from one plant? I'll be elated if I get even half of that per plant

 

[Buds Buddy]

Dayum! That last photo... that's just from one plant? I'll be elated if I get even half of that per plant

Yes, just 1 plant. I was actually a little disappointed in the yield. I usually pull 8 - 10 oz. per plant. But I did a whole lot of experimenting with different training so that's probably why. I found the traditional method of Topping & Training works best.

 

[BakedApple]

Dunno why i didnt think of that. Awesome idea! All 4 of my plants are Geleto OG so I'll flush one for 2 weeks, flush two for 5 days, and I wont flush one at all. Will be a good way to make my own mind up about it

Def let me know the results! I would love to know what you find out. --- also maybe flush isn't the right term but I know ppl stop giving nutes (some anyway).

Buds is knowledgeable and I'd trust his experience way more than my own! lol. Nice nug shots btw!

 

[Buds Buddy]

The most important thing to get the best yields is your lighting. The more light (to a certain degree) you can throw at your plant, the bigger the yield. I'd say Topping & Training are the 2nd most important for large yields. After those things I worry about Temps & Humidity. The plants will grow even if it's 100 F & 15% Humidity so that's why I put it farther down the scale of importance. Of course if you can keep your grow area between 75 - 80 F & the RH between 60 - 70% you will have a much better grow environment. I keep things prety simple by just using FFOF soil & Mega Crop Nutes with a PK booster during flower. I can grow 25 plants start to finish on $25 worth of Mega Crop.